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Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Children’s Literature finalist: Ten Pigs by Derek Anderson Published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Category Sponsor:…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Young People’s Literature finalist: Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart by Jane St. Anthony Published…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Poetry finalist: Home Studies by Julie Gard Published by: New Rivers Press Category Sponsor: Wellington Management Synopsis by Colleen…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Novel & Short Story finalist: Prudence by David Treuer Published by Riverhead Books/Penguin Category Sponsor: Education Minnesota On a…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Minnesota finalist: North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast by Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer Published by…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Memoir & Creative Fiction Finalist: Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life by…